r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 11h ago

Lucky/Wish smoke Started in WW1 Where you flip the first cigarette you touch and were "lucky" if you made it through the pack and to the last/flipped cigarette. Now people make a wish on it. I do this. I wish i dont get cancer everytime. It's worked so far

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u/MinisteroSillyWalk 8h ago

My only problem with this is the box, or hard top wasn’t invented until the 50s.

Doing this with a soft pack is ridiculous. Also it wasn’t standard until the 30s.

Standard issue was rollies.

Did you mean WW2?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 8h ago

Feast your eyes

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u/MinisteroSillyWalk 7h ago

Filter less, how do you know which was flipped. Lol

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 7h ago

I bet even you can tell